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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2018
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Kosha Mahmodieh, Campbell, CA (US);
Gianpaolo Lisi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ali Djabbari, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jingwei Xu, Plano, TX (US);
Vijayalakshmi Devarajan, Plano, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An example apparatus includes a feedback loop to: change a direction value when a second current value is greater than a first current value, the second current value being obtained after the first current value; and maintain the direction value when the second current value is less than the first current value. When the direction value corresponds to a first direction value, a summer increases a reference signal by a step size. When the direction value corresponds to a second direction value different than the first direction value, the summer decrease the reference signal by the step size.